Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan will play each other in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on Diamond. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
Elise Mertens -> 1.27
Yue Yuan -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Yue Yuan
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-20 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 5-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-25 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Elise will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Annie in the 2nd round on the 19th of September.
Mertens has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2023, 17-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Monterrey.
Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 412-233 record. She has a positive 238-119 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2019. See her history.
Yue Yuan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-27 | 11-18 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147, Yuan will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Ningbo where she lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Kozlova in the 1st round on the 25th of September.
Yue has an aggregate 24-25 win-loss record in 2023, 10-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Yuan’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W40 Mexico City.
In terms of her career, Yuan has an overall 211-155 record. She has a positive 154-114 record on hard.
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